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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-03-19, Page 1• Few Changes In Federal Budget The federal budget for the 1964-65 fiscal year which was brought down in the House of Commons on Monday evening by Finance Minister Walter Gor- don brought no startling changes for Canadians. Chief point of interest for the average citizen at budget time is what happens in the personal income tax field. This year there is virtually no change; the same applies in the field of corporation taxes. Some experts had been hope- ful that Canada might follow the U.S. lead by reducing in- come taxes as an incentive to increased business throughout the country. However the min- .. ister claimed that Canadian in- come taxes are not as high, proportionately, as those in the States. He expressed optimism about the buoyancy of the Can- adian economy and faith in its upward trend for the future. One change will affect the average Canadian family is an extension of family allowance payments to children from 16 to 18 years of age who are at- tending school. This benefit ($10.00 per month) however, will be considerably offset by a lower income tax exemption for such dependents. The budget offers financial incentives to industry and also announces abandonment of the withholding tax which penaliz- ed American investors in Can- adian industry. Mr. Gordon did not yield to the pressure which has been exerted to have the sales tax on building materials reduced or at least held to its present level. • . ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian WIN AT LISTOWEL-- A local rink won the Andrew Malcolm trophy at the annual invitation mixed bonspiel in Listowel on Sunday. Skipping the group was Harvey Fisher, with his wife Marie as vice. John and Ruth Currie were in the second and Lead positions. Good playing gang! 0--0--0 HOCKEY TOURNAMENT The annual Police Associa- tion hockey tournament for minor teams got underway last week at Kincardine. The "D" class bantam teams will be playing at the Wingham rink on Saturday next. 0--0--0 NO DANGER-- . There is no likelihood of a spring flood this year. Snowfall was light throughout the winter and the mild weather of the past few weeks has melted all but the heavier drifts along the snow fences and river banks. The ice • is gone from the river and water rose only slightly above normal levels. 0--0--0 MONSTER AT LARGE -- Several youngsters whohap- ,,pened to be on the main drag Monday at noon were surprised to see a very frightened mouse scurrying back and forth in search of a safe hole to crawl into.. There was a close call when the door to Rapp's Bakery was opened and Mr. M. tried a dash for the interior. Fortun- ately for the bread supply he didn't make the grade. 0--0--0 ' AT IT AGAIN -- Just when we were congratu- lating ourselves on the beauti- ful spring weather at the first of the week the winds changed direction and brought along a fat and feathery snowfall on Tuesday. Temperatures have remained moderate, however, dropping only the the freezing point. 0--0--0 IIORRIBLE SIGHT -- The disappearance of most of the snow has left exposed the havoc where once we had a beautiful stretch of parkway hlong the river. The installa- tion of trunk sewers has left desolation. The contractor, of course, will be grading and re- seeding the area, but it sure looks sad right now. ebt ingbant itwainte FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, March 19, 1964 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cent,. Two Evenings for Inspection Will Hold Open House in New Vocational School Leslie Fortune, chairman of the vocational advisory com- mittee of the Wingham District 1-ligh School board, reported to the regular meeting of the board on Thursday evening that progress is being made on the planning for the official open- ing of the new vocational wing. Mr. Fortune said his corn- mittee has set aside the eve- nings of April 23rd and 24th as open house. On the 23rd the minister of education, the Hon. William Davis, will officially open the building at a public ceremony. This will be fol- lowed by an open house when the public may inspect the school. The following evening the school will again be open to the public. It was felt not everyone would be able to be on hand the first night. As well, Mr. Fortune outlined a plan calling for a special evening for municipal councillors and officials. He said that Friday, April 17th, had been set as the date when all councils in the high school district would be ire vited in to see the new building and to meet the members of the staff. DRIVER TRAINING Mr. Fortune explained that the board had asked the com- mittee to implement a driver training course at the school in September, and that steps are being taken in this direction. Staff member Ken Wood has agreed to take the necessary summer course in order to han- dle the lectures, but someone must be found to look after the behind -the -wheel training. ARCHITECT ATTENDS Douglas Kyles, architect for the vocational wing, attended the meeting and outlined the work still to be done. Painting is still in progress he said, but otherwise there were no prob- lems. When questioned, he We Have a Problem This is a subject we have mentioned before-- and we do hate to nag -- but something must be done so we will make another appeal. It is this business of receiving late news copy. Our poor typist gets frustrated twiddling her thumbs from Wednesday noon until the following Monday noon. Then everything starts to boom -- we even receive reports of events that happened a week earlier! The rush puts pressure on several people who must then travel at such a pace the nervous breakdowns seem just around the cor- ner. There is always a certain amount of pressure in meeting each week's deadline but is could be relieved to a great extent ifpress reporters for organizations would send in their copy the day after the meeting. Do you suppose you could help us? Spent Many Years In Business Here Friends throughout thiscom- munity learned with a sense of shock and deep regret of the sudden passing of Andrew Bu- chanan Mitchell on Friday. "Andy", as he was familiarly known to all here, was seized with a heart attack at his but- cher shop on the main street and passed away almost im- mediately. He was in his 56th year. Born in Turnberry Township, he was a son of the late Wil- liam S. Mitchell and his wife, Margaret Hamilton Scott, and received his education in Wing - ham. He was married at Orangeville to the former Mae Perdue and they have since re- sided in Wingham where he was a well-known butcher and dro- ver. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife and two sons, William and James, both at home. There are three sisters, Grace, Mrs. (Dr.) Hunter Wilson, Brantford; Mary, Mrs. (Rev.) J. L. Burgess, Hull, Que.; and Miss Marion Mitchell, Toronto. Of an extremely jovial dis- position, Andy Mitchell was known to and respected by a wide circle of friends, not only in the Wingham business fra- ternity, but throughout the rural area as well. He was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, a past master of the Masonic Lodge here and an ac- tive member of the Wingham Sportsmen's Association. Service was held Monday at 2 p.m. at the R. A. Currie & Sons funeral home with Rev. G. L. Fish of St. Andrew's in charge. Interment was in the Wingharn Cemetery, pallbear- ers being Tom Metcalfe, Ron- ald Bell, Ronald Foxton, John Lee, E. C. Thompson and Jim Carr. The floral tributes were borne by Fleming Black, Clare Cantelon, Roy Porter, Herman Metcalf, T. A. Currie and Frank Hopper. Wins Final Home Bingo Arthur Bell, who is holiday- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harris, Charles St., was the winner last week of the Kinsmen spring bingo. This concludes the home bingos and the Kinsmen wish to thank all who participated. said that tenders will he called for the planting of shr,;bs around the school, before too lung. The board accepted with regret, the resignatirn of staff member Jacob Hildebrand, who is taking a position at Peams- ville. F. E. Madill, the princi- pal, reported that he expected two other teachers will be re- signing, and went on to say that he expected four addition- al teachers will be required in September. Mr. Madill also reported that attendance at the school during February had u eraged 777 daily or 96.65 per cent of enrolment. He said that a num- ber of students had visited Wes- tern University and the O.A.C. and he felt these were very profitable trips. He told the board that students have purch- ased nearly 3,000 books through a school book club and from a visiting bookmobile and this is . an excellent way to improve reading habits. INSPECTOR'S REPORT The report of D. W. Scott, district high school inspector, was tabled. The lengthy report commended the staff and the leadership in the school for do- ing an excellent job. Ile also commented very favourably on the caretaking at the school, even though the building pro- gram has created considerable hardship. The report said that the per- centage of pupils promoted from Grades 9, 10 and 11 is high in all cases al.! thatthe percentage of papers passed in the diploma subjects of Grades 11 and 12 was very good at 82 per cent. In Grade 13 the re- sults were excellent with 85 per cent of all papers passed, 35 per cent of them in the top honour groupings. The report said the school was honoured by having three Ontario Scholar- ships in one class of 60 pupils, indicating strong teaching and clever pupils. The report suggested that the advisory vocational committee study the feasibility of introduc- ing agriculture into Grades 11 and 12 of the four-year course in science, technology and trades. THESE TWO YOUNG LASSES, Nancy McWhirter, left, and Marilyn Strong, right, skated in the military number "Judgment at Nuremburg" during the 1964 ice carnival on Saturday. Ten other girls also took part.----A-T Photo. "JINGLE BELLS" was the music when three young ladies performed as part of a group skating to Christmas music in the ice show here on Saturday. From the left are: Joanne Stephens, Helen Ann Hollo- way and Kim Mellor.—A-T Photo. The Youngsters Were Terrific Wonderful World of Music Greeted by Large Crowd The Wonderful World of Music was presented to one of the largest audiences in the his- tory of the Figure Skating Club on Saturday night, when its members held the annual carni- val. The club professionals, Miss Faye Love and Harold Brooks, could well be proud of the per- formance by all skaters, from the tiny tots to the more experi- enced xperienced members of the cast. Credit for such a successful event is also due to the efforts of the executive and the dozens Want to Sell a Huron Co. Atlas? A letter from A. M. Grant in London indicates that he is looking for information on the history of churches in Wingham. Perhaps some of our readers would be able to locate anni- versary booklets for this purpose. Mr. Grant would also like to purchase a Huron County Atlas. If there is one for sale he would appreciate hearing about it. His address is 21 Regent St., Lon- don, Ont. Public Speaking Win Top Honours At Clinton Trials Mary Joan Corrin, of the Wingharn Public School was one of the two contestants who emerged in top position at the public speaking competition in Clinton last week. The other winner was Lynn Hardy of Gode- rich. They competed against six other contestants in the county finals of the competition spon- sored by the Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Asso- ciation. The contest, which was open to public school pu- pils from Huron County, was under the chairmanship of In- spectors J. 11. Kinkead and J. W. Coulter of Godcrtch. Zone finals were held at Breslau on Tuesday evening when two students from Guelph won top honors. of people who worked quietly in the background attending to all the details, which took weeks of planning and work. There were, of course, periods during the show itself when frantic ef- forts were going on backstage to make the quick changes that were necessary, and keep all acts on schedule. This was not apparent to the crowd and those who were responsible for the excellent timing are to be con- gratulated. John Wild of Scarborough, a former Wingham boy, was a guest performer. John is the professional for three clubs, Aurora, Unionville and Port Perry and in summer teaches at the Metropolitan Ice Skating School at Agincourt. His num- ber at the carnival was called "The Swiss Yodeller". Other guests were Bruce Brady and Mary Sills, mertibers of the Seaforth Club, and Shar- on Spittal of Listowel. Bruce Brady and Mary Sills, the 1962-63 Western Ontario Section Novice Pairs champion4 performed the last number on the program before the finale with "Maria" from West Side Story. They each skated solos during the program. THE PROGRAM Five numbers were perform- ed to Flit Songs, Old and New. "Swinging Safari" (animals), Kathy O'Gorman, Paul Bennett, Ruth Klahsen, Larry Machan, Andrea King, Bernie Bailey, Jane Fraser, Lorna Wenger,Jim Bailey, Rickie Williams, Lori Lee Bailey and Trudy Temple- man. "Fancy Pants", Debbie Gib- son, Suzanne Brenzil, Mary Chettleburgh, Marion Willie, Barbara Hetherington, Linda Lockridge, Kim Mellor, Olive Lapp, Marilyn Irwin, Helen Please turn to Page Five H.S. Salaries Are Boosted Second Consecutive Year Board approval was given to a report of the management committee of the Wingham Dis- trict High School, meeting in regular session last Thursday, to hike the salary schedule from $100.00 to $300.00. This fol- lows an across-the-board in- crease of $100.00 in 1903. The new schedule will become ef- fective in September The management commit- tee chairman, Robert Wenger, reported that a series of meet- ings had been held with the staff's negotiating committee on salary problems, and that during the interval the provin- cial trend in salary negotiations showed considerable increase. The new schedule approved by the hoard provided an in- crease in the minima for cate- gory 1 and 1I of 8100.00 from $4,700 and $5,000 to $4,800 and $5,100, Maxima in both categories were unchanged at $8,800 and $'3,000. The in- crease in categories III and IV was $300.00, bringing the mini- ma up to $5, '700 and $6.000 respectively. Maxima will be increased by $200.00 to 80,1010 and $10,000. The across the hoard in- crease will also apply to the principal and vice-principal. The increases are in addition to the annual increment of $300.00 each teacher receives. As a result, with no increase in staff, the total budget for sal- ary purposes will increase by about $17, 000 in tiie 19b4 -t term. It is also highly likely that four additional teachers will he required, which will mean a total hike in budget for this purpose of well over $40, 000.00. The hoard also approved a change in the cumulative sick leave plan increasing the total number .if days that may he ac- cumulated frotn 100 day to 200 days and the rate of accum- ulation from 10 dans per year to 20 days. The retirement gratuity clause of the plan was pegged at an days, or no change from the previous agreement. A consideration of $100.00 was also given to a subject super- visor looking after a major de- partment.